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Comment by izlude

The Horde version of Sword of Serenity. The Sword of Omen is a reference to a 1980s cartoon known as ThunderCats in which the lead hero (Lion-O) uses the blade "Sword of Omens".

Strong tanking / off hand weapon. well paired with Vanquisher Sword. You must slay 4 bosses of SM to get this.

Comment by Vexikuri

Yes, the sword is great for the level. You'll need somewhat of a decent group at lower levels to finish the quest. The High Inquistitor is by far the hardest of the four to take out. Herod should put up a fight & Houndmaster is pretty easy.

Comment by systemchris

got it on my 34 BE paladin at the moment, looks lovely with a crusader enchant, and performs well - even without an enchant like that :)

Comment by 46402

Yea I have never had the chance to get this because I am a Alliance player unlike the Sword of Serenity this is the same sword just if you put " This weapon with a Black Crusader and the Sword of Serenity with a Holy" it would just bwe on how you liek it but this sword is the exact same no matter what !

Comment by 21020

This is a reward from Into Scarlet Monestary, you start this from Varimathras in the Royal Quarters in Undercity.

This sword is amazing to get at level 33 if you get someone to run you through the 4 bosses you need to kill to complete the quest. I got mine at 33 and got fiery on it and used it until level 54 =).

Comment by Silverdawn

Unless I'm mistaken, this sword can be acquired at L33, as 33 is the minimum level for the quest from Varimathras.

Given that, the Sword of Omen is actually a strong mainhand sword for rogues if you're level 33. The reason is because--unless you have a blue 32+ sword--the Sword of Omen simply has a higher top end damage than any other sword available right now.

Of course, this is assuming you don't have the Basilisk's blade. Most green swords at this level bracket are fairly fast, and won't come close to the Omen's DPS, even in the mainhand, despite the 1.9 speed. Mainhand this until you get Vanquisher's.

Comment by 64824

Using this on my Rogue in the offhand, getting fairly impressive results. As said above, a nice amount of damage and great stats to boot.

Got a 70 to run me through for the quest..easy.

Comment by 77950

You have to kill Houndmaster Louskey, Herod, Scarlet Commander Mograine and High Inquistitor Fairbanks. Then you turn the quest in at UC in the royal quarters to Varimathras.

As stated above, very nice sword for a rogue and hunter. Also great for prot spec pally or warrior because of the speed and DPS...good stats for a 1h too.

Comment by RealUnimportant

Lion-O. Not Lionel... O_o

Comment by 40815

Definitely a better tank sword than Vanquisher, leastways for Paladins--since all of their aggro is generated through holy damage, the white DPS of their weapon is unimportant. Strength and stam are the winning factors here, as well as the speed of the weapon (for application of Seal of Righteousness).

Slap crusader on it and you're unstoppable, same should be the case with fiery if you're on a budget, and if you can get runs through all of SM to get it at 33...by all means do, you won't be replacing it for a long time, this sword does just about as much DPS as 2h weapons available at the same level. Put major spellpower on if you have money to spend and want to be the best tank you can be, spellsurge if you want to heal (very expensive though).

However, the DPS of Vanquisher is preferable for soloing and PVP, even if you're a prot paladin.

Still using this as a tank weapon at 51. Haven't been able to get Fist of Stone, Jang'thraze or Sang'thraze to drop. Besides those, I haven't seen a better tank weapon yet--no blues or greens, BoP or BoE. Crusader enchant gives this thing great longevity if you have the money.

Comment by Ayvalen

If this sword gives "Sight Beyond Sight" I'm sold!

Comment by 42377

Klarno, when you are at level 51 you get a quest that gives http://www.wowhead.com/?item=20648 , you only need to do one single AV. When i did it with my pala we did it on our first try.

Comment by 114911

Yeah this sword pwns Sword of Serenity, easily....The 1.90 attack speed is great for tanking, since tanks need fast swingers. I use this on my 33 prot pally, and it works the best. Not a weapon out there for pallies better then this around the mid thirties.

Comment by 76595

Worth spending money on firey for this and Vanquishers? How long do they last until replaced?

Comment by 134914

Since 2.3 and the dungeon nerfs, scarlet monastary is doable with hunters and rogues tanking so this quest is pretty easy. if you're having a hard time, get a new group imo...

Comment by loragheta

THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDERCATS! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! awesome reference =D

Comment by 106989

This weapon is probably referring to "The Sword of Omens" from the "Thundercats" series.

Comment by Dorbla

When does this sword stop being useful? I'm still using it on my 45 prot pally. I have fiery on it.

Comment by loragheta

why are people downrating valid comments such as pyrowmans it is a reference from the thundercats series you shouldnt downgrade that as its valid

Comment by 153222

the sword in itself is a great tanking weapon but on my prot pally i made it an amazing tank wep by putting 40 spell dammage on it

Comment by 156237

should a retri pala use this with a sheild?

Comment by Moinsdetrois

As of June 4th 2008

I'm still not sure what the level requirement for Into the Scarlet Monastery is, but it is listed on here as 33 and I just got the quest from Varimathas at 32.

Comment by 159196

What should I wear in my offhand on my 35 rogue?This or Zealot Blade?

Comment by 153424

Why use the zealot blade when the butcher gives much better buffs than it for rogues, but i would still suggest Vanquisher's Sword MH and Sword of Omen OH (or vise versa, sometimes i switch them for viriaty of play) although you might want to have a back-up dagger if you are a sub rogue like me

Comment by 159042

as a lvl 25 enh shammy i am wondering if it is worth getting awesome dps/stats but the speed is way too fast. should i get this or offhand for healing?

Comment by Imortel

Shamans cant wear swords >.>

Comment by 169119

lvl 38 huntard this swrod is amazing. paired with some green atm but very soon will have Legionnaires Sword. my Omen when im buffed (inc Agi pot.) is about 61 dps. will be using this one for a long while unbeleivably good.

Comment by 78982

Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Comment by yoshiboy456

Kickass weapon, I've seen level 50's with this sword.. not really, highest ive seen is a lvl 46, but im 39 atm, so i think its ok..

Comment by Uoyredrum

This is an incredible rogue weapon. I main handed this and offhanded a green sword of the monkey until I could get Vanquisher's sword to main hand and Sword of Omen to offhand. Vanquisher's/Omen is definitely the best combo for a very long time for rogues.

Comment by mkipper34

were can ally's get this sword or is it horde only sword if so link quest to get it please

Comment by 168858

Can this weapon be enchanted with mongoose ?

Comment by 235132

This is the best off-hand weapon for level 39 Rogue twinks. For main-hand Mallet of Zul'Farrak is vastly superior to any other one-hand weapon available at the level. Both Mongoose-enchanted, or Mongoose on main-hand and Greater Agility (+20) on off-hand, Hemorrhage spec, and your offense is as good as it gets.

Comment by 131999

Protadin @ lvl 30 + this + crusader > all

Comment by Cakins

Why does the horde get all the best sub-50 weapons?

Comment by shaddam1991

What happen if you change faction?Can you still use it?

Comment by 532338

I must say this sword is a big step up from the Battlecasters edge i had previously. I didn't get the quest for this until about lvl 46 with my blood elf prot pally. I decided to try to solo all the instances. It wasn't too bad, but I had a Hell of a time with Mograine and Whitemane.. frikkin hard! This sword is exactly what I need for my purposes though, and should last another couple levels at least. Well worth the work.

Comment by 488171

It is no wonder they called this sword an Omen -- this thing lasted me all the way to level 56 as a Prot AoE Grinder/5-man tanker until I picked up my Intrepid Shortsword from Bulwark quest chain.

Comment by Raivyn

This is one of my favourite swords in this game, it just looks so awesome.

If I could remodel my current weapon it would be to that sword.

Comment by waingarth

I can't remember, can this sword be enchanted with Mongoose? I thought I remembered some posts about it right after BC came out. Just wanted to check before I bother buying the enchant.

Comment by Dehik

Ah, a shame that it's been removed, for sure. This sword, along with Vanquisher's Sword was an iconic weapon for many classes around level 30 and up to level 50. I remember the feeling when getting them both to my very first character, which happened to be a rogue, around those levels. Made you feel unstoppable! While the game has developed in so many ways, I don't ever recall feeling the magic you used to in 'vanilla'. :)

Edit: typos!

Comment by TheOldBear

I am so very glad I did not throw away this sword after replacing it with a stronger one, back when I was leveling my paladin in mid-WotLK. Though I rarely use this sword for mog anymore, I am still to have it, just in case. The color scheme fits a Blood Knight themed mog well, and I like the Roman Gladius-like shape of it.

<3 my trusty ol' Sword of Omen :)

Comment by Drax13

If you want to check if you've done the quest for this sword on a particular character (it will be available in the Legion xmog feature), paste the following into your in-game chat window and hit enter. If it returns 'true', you're good to go.